On Today’s Episode:

• Rural America Lags Cities in Helping People Beat the Heat, by Dionne Searcey

• Tropical Storm Alberto Brings Floods to Texas as Mexico Braces for Landfall, by Sara Ruberg, Judson Jones and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

• Putin and Kim Sign Pact Pledging Mutual Support Against ‘Aggression,’ by Choe Sang-Hun and Paul Sonne

• Biden’s Lead With Women Is Smaller Than Trump’s With Men, a Warning for Democrats, by Ruth Igielnik

• Louisiana Requires All Public Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments, by Rick Rojas

• Ancient Shipwreck Preserves a Deep Bronze Age Time Capsule, by Franz Lidz

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